Refrigerator



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REFRGERATOR APPLICATION FILED JUNE 28. 1520.

1,428,073. Panasept. 5, 1922.

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Patented Sept. 5, i922.

LIEBIE BGRDEN, GF

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Application filed June S18, 192i.

To all fio/tom t concern.'

Be it known that I, Ltnein Bomann, a citizen of the United States,residing atSpokane, in the county of Spokane and State of lVasliington,have invented a new and useful Refrigerator, of which-fthe following isaspecication. f

The device `forming the subject matter of this application is arefrigerator, and one object of the invention is to provide novel meansfor supporting the ice in the refrigerator and to provide novel meanswhereby the lilter pan may be removed readily. y Ain other object of theinvention is to provide novel `means for collecting the water from themelting ice and for storing the water for drinking purposes. f

The device hereinafter described and claimed is an improvement on myprior Patent No. 824,061 and it is within the province of the disclosureto improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that typeto which the invention appertains. v

With the above and other objects in view7 which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement-of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that,within the scope of whatis claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of 'the invention showncan be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows in vertical section, a re#frigerator constructed in` accordance with the invention; Figures 2 and3 are vertical sections taken t-hrough the refrigerator in planes whichare spaced horizontally from each other; Figure 4 is a horizontalsection of the refrigerator; Figure 5 is a front elevation of therefrigerator; Figure 6 is a sectional detail showing one of theventilating plugs; Figure 7 is an elevation showing a modification ofthe draw off cock for the water tank; Figure .8 is a sectiony of onewall of a modified construction of a refrigerator.

The refrigerator forming the subject mat ter kof this applicationincludes a casing 1 having a lining 100 which,l preferably, is made ofenameled metal. Top closures 2 are hinged at 3 to the casing 1. Parallelwalls 9 extend across the interior of the casing from theffront'of thecasing to the-rear Serial No. 322,455?.

surface thereof. Between the walls 9 is located a tank 10. The tank 10may be removed through an auxiliary door 11, located in thev front ofthe casing 1 and held in place by fastening devices 12. Vtater may bedrawn from the tank 10 through a spigot 14 mounted in the door 11. Agauge glass 15 upstands from the spigot 14, eX- teriorly of the casing1, and indicates the amount ofwater in the tank 1G. lf desired,thegau'ge'glass 15 may be removed from the spigot 14, and the openingformerly oc-I cupied bythe glass may be closed by a plug -16 showninFigure 7, the plug preferably being threaded to cooperate with the boss160, from. which the gauge glass 15 has been removed.

A. horizontal partition 4 entends across the lining 1U() of the casing land defines a provision compartment in the lower portion of therefrigerator. The numeral 17 designates a. filter pan, thelilter panbeing supported on the floor 4 at an angle to the horizontal; the flooryhaving a rib 107 which elevates a portion of the filter pan and disposesthe saine at an to the horizontal, as above set forth. The vfilter pan17 may be removed through the door 5,k hingedly mounted on the frontofthe `casing 1. rllhe filter pan 1'? is provided with an opening 6 in itsbottom, the opening 6 discharging into a funnel-shaped pipe 20, theupper end of the pipe 20 being` threaded into the horizontal partition4, the lower end of the funnel pipe being threaded into the tank 10. Apartition 21, `which may be made of wire netting or other foraminousmaterial eX rtends across the filter pan 17 and defines twocompartments, one of which is filled with liltering material, designatedby the numeral 22. The other compartment, indicated by the referencecharacter 40, is empty, to allow a free passage of filtered waterthrough the funnel pipe 20.

n ice tray 24 is disposed above the filter pan 17 and has a depression25 provided with perforations 26, the perforations discharging into thefiltering material 22 in the pan 17. A piece of corrugated metal 27 maybe located in the tray 24 for the purpose of supporting the ice. rFhetray 24 is supplied with handles 2S. l

In order to ventilate the interior of the refrigerator, tubes 29 aremounted in the casing 1 and in itslininglOO. Plugs 3Q are inserted intothe tubes y29, each plug having a bore 31 and lateral openings 32communicating with the bore, each plug being supplied with a head 33whereby the plug may be manipulated conveniently. The plug 30 may beinserted into the tube 29 fait enough so that all or' the openings 32are closed by the tube. Then, no air can leave the interior of therefrigerator by way of the tube and the plug. it', however, the plug 30is pulled out to a slight extent, then certain of the perforations 32will be placed in communication with the atmosphere, the arrangementbeing such that the air within the food compartment ol the refrigeratormay escape.

rl'he lining 100 isy folded to 'form cleats 76 supporting the ice tray241. Similar cleats 77 support the licor f1. The Hoor L and the bottomof the lining 100 are folded to form, respectively, cleats 178 and 7 9,which retain the walls' 9. The walls 9 and the lining 100 `gare foldedto form cleats 81 supporting shelves 82 located in the provisioncompartment. Hooks S8 may be located in the provision compartment, inorder that articles may be suspended therein. Access is had to theprovision compartment by way of doors 37 hinged at 38 to the casing 1.

ln practical operation, when the ice in the pan 24 melts, the resultingwater passes into thn depression 25 in the bottoni of the ice pan andFlows through the periorations 26 into the filtering material 22.` Thewater follows the inclination ot the ilter pan 17 and passes into thecompartment 110, the water leaving the compartment i() by way of theopening 6 and entering the tank 10 through the tunnel-shaped pipe 20.`Water may be drawn from the tank 1() at anytime through the cock 14.

1n Figure 8 there is shown a section of one wall of a modifiedconstruction of a refrigerator, and, therein, the lining has beendesignated by the numeral 1003` The outer shell of the casing is denotedby the numeral 109b the elements. 100b and 100a being separated to forman air space A. The lining may be in the form of a separate box, placedin the main body of the casing, Figure 8 rendering it evident that sucha construction may be resorted to.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

A refrigerator comprising a casing; a tilter pan located in the casingand inclined vith respect to the horizontal; a tank located in thecasing` below the iilter pan and having an outlet; a partition in thefilter pan and deiining compartments, one of which is filled withfiltering material, the other of which is located at the lowermostportion ot the filter pin; means for establishing communication betweenthe last specified compartment and the tank; and an ice pan supported inthe casing above the lilter pan, the ice pan being provided at a pointremote from said means with a pertorated depression discharging into theltering material.

ln testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, l have hereto aiiixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

` Mns. LIBBIE BORDEN. ll/Yitnesses:

DEW/Avn T. PAYNE, DANIEL HECKER.

